"A protest will go ahead today against the deportation more than 150 Indian students caught up in a visa scam.

The students paid thousands to dodgy outfits in India, which used fake documents to get them into New Zealand on student visas.

The Unite union has organised a protest for 12pm today outside the offices of National Party MP Dr Paramjeet Parmar in Mt Roskill, and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is calling for an independent investigation into the swindling.

A Unite spokesman said the students are being told they cannot have refunds if they are sent home.

Despite the fact that the names of these agents have been given to Immigration New Zealand, these dodgy agents have not been held accountable and neither have the colleges where the student studied.

Peters said the education providers and the Government are "getting off scot-free", and criticised Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Steven Joyce.

This is what happens when Mr Joyce and the government pump up a business so private enterprise can profit but there are no standards; no tight rules or regulations just an open end industry to get as many students here as possible."

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